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Windows Live is a discontinued brand-name for a set of web services and software products from Microsoft as part of its software plus services platform. Chief components under the brand name included web services (all of which were exposed through corresponding web apps), several computer programs that interact with the services, and specialized web services for mobile devices.^[1]

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According to Microsoft, Windows Live 'is a way to extend the Windowsuser experience'.^[2] As such, Windows Vista's welcome screen provides a link to download Windows Live Messenger or to subscribe to Windows Live OneCare. Also, Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker were not offered with Windows 7 and became an exclusive part of Windows Live.^[3] Microsoft announced that Windows 8 would see Windows Live apps included right out-of-the-box, and would include built-in synchronization technologies powered by OneDrive (then SkyDrive).^[4] The Windows Live brand was phased out during August 2012, when Microsoft released Windows 8 to manufacturing. Active Windows Live services remained active but were gradually renamed. The 'live' domain, however, continues to be used in URLs for many online Microsoft sites.

In addition to Windows Live, which is mainly aimed at individuals,^[5] Microsoft brands other properties as 'Live', including:

Xbox Live (a multiplayer gaming and content-delivery system for Xbox)
Games for Windows – Live (multiplayer gaming service for Microsoft Windows)
Office Live. Office Live merged into Windows Live during the Wave 4 update. Microsoft merged Office Live into the Windows Live team in January 2009.^[6]

2Services
- 2.2Mobile services
6User interface

History[edit]

Windows Live was first announced on November 1, 2005. In its initial release, several Windows Live properties were rebranded and enhanced from Microsoft's MSN set of products and services. However, MSN still exists alongside Windows Live as a means of delivering content (as opposed to customized content and communications).^[5] In May 2012 Microsoft began renaming Windows Live services, partly in anticipation of Windows 8, which integrates many of the Windows Live products and services into the operating system.^[7]

Services[edit]

Online services[edit]

The following services were once part of Windows Live but are still online even though the brand name is dropped.

Name	Later renamed to	Website	Description
Calendar	Outlook Calendar (Outlook.com)	calendar.live.com	Calendaring web app that allow users to organize appointments, schedule meetings, set reminders, and share their calendar events.
Hotmail	Outlook.com	outlook.com	Free webmail service using AJAX technology
ID	Microsoft account	account.live.com	Provides single sign-on service, allowing users to log into various Microsoft products and services with the same credentials. Users can manage their accounts and link multiple IDs together using this service.
Live@edu	Office 365 Education	outlook.office365.com	Hosted email service for academic institutions.
Search	Bing	bing.com	Microsoft search engine and advertisement platform.
People	People (Outlook.com)	people.live.com	An address book service, which allows users to keep track and synchronize their contact's information. Allow users to add contacts from other social networks including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, Flickr and soon Sina Weibo and Skype to their Microsoft account.
Profile	N/A	profile.live.com	Allow users to manage their profile information and displays information about the particular user, their recent activities, and their relationship with other Windows Live users.
Office	Office Web Apps, Office Online	office.com	Free-to-use web app versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
SkyDrive	OneDrive	onedrive.com foldershare.com	Password-protected file hosting service. Enables file sharing and content synchronization. Can preview images, Microsoft Office documents and ZIP files. Integrates tightly with Office Web Apps and Outlook.com to serve as an online storage for their needs.
Service status	Office 365 service status	portal.office.com/servicestatus	A diagnostics web page that Microsoft uses to announce the status of its online services. It gathers a status history.^[8]

Mobile services[edit]

Windows Phone[edit]

My Windows Phone is a free online companion service for Windows Phone mobile devices that provides users with a free mobile phone back-up solution by wirelessly synchronizing contacts, calendar appointments, photos, and OneNote notebooks with a password-protected online portal. Users can access and manage their information stored on their Windows Phone devices via the online portal using their Microsoft account, as well as accessing a set of features for remotely ringing, locking, mapping, and erasing their lost phones. This service integrates tightly with other Windows Live services including People, Calendar, and SkyDrive.^[9]

iOS[edit]

Microsoft released a Windows Live Messenger application on the iOSApp Store, which allows users on mobile devices running the iOS to communicate with their contacts via the Microsoft Messenger service. In addition to the instant messaging functionalities, the application also allows users to view their Messenger social feed, view their friends' Profile's, and integrate with Hotmail and Photos.

Feature phone[edit]

Windows Live also provides customised services specifically created for feature phones. It is offered via three channels — through Client-based (for Windows Mobile and other supported mobile devices such as Nokia phones), Web-based (for WAP or GPRS-enabled mobile web browsers), or SMS-based services.^[10]

Mobile Service	Offered through			Exchange ActiveSync support?	Description	Status
Mobile Service	Client	Web	SMS	Exchange ActiveSync support?	Description	Status
Calendar Mobile	Yes	Yes	Yes	Web-based version of Calendar designed for mobile devices to view, schedule and manage calendar appointments and events. SMS service for users to query today and tomorrow's appointments in their calendar	Final
People Mobile	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Web-based version of People designed for mobile devices for access to contact information. Client-based version allows integration of the contact list with the mobile device's address book. Also allow users to query contact information via SMS	Final
Windows Live Groups Mobile	Yes	Web-based version of Windows Live Groups designed for mobile devices	Final
Outlook.com Mobile	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Web- and client-based version of Outlook.com that targets mobile devices, and allow new email alerts via SMS	Final
Windows Live Messenger Mobile	Yes	Yes	Yes	Web- and client-based version of Windows Live Messenger that is designed for mobile devices, and allow users to send instant messages via SMS	Final
Windows Live Profile Mobile	Yes	View and update user's own Windows Live Profile information using a mobile device	Final
Microsoft SkyDrive Mobile	Yes	Yes	Web-based version of SkyDrive designed for mobile devices for accessing documents stored on the cloud. Client-based version allows upload of photos directly from a mobile phone camera.	Final

Search services[edit]

Bing, a replacement of the search engine Live Search, was originally named Windows Live Search (and MSN Search prior to that) and was once part of the Windows Live family of services. Windows Live Search once occupied the homepage of Live.com, the domain for all Windows Live services. However, on March 21, 2007, Microsoft decided to separate its search developments from its Windows Live services family, forming part of the Live Search and Ad Platform. As part of this reorganization, the new search brand, Live Search, was consolidated with Microsoft adCenter, a part of Microsoft's Platform and Systems division.^[11] However, Microsoft recognised that there was a brand issue as the word 'Live' continued to remain in the brand.^[12] As an effort to create a new identity for Microsoft's search services, on June 3, 2009, Live Search was officially rebranded as Bing.^[13]

Developer services[edit]

Live Connect is a collection of APIs and common controls that allow developers to have a deeper control and offers access to the core Windows Live services and data through open and easily accessible application programming interfaces (APIs). Live Connect is built on standard web technologies such as OAuth 2.0, Representational State Transfer (REST), and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and is designed to work with any technology or device. Live Connect unites the previously separate APIs of Windows Live into a single API that is based on industry standards and specifications.

Software[edit]

Microsoft has released several computer programs with 'Windows Live' brand, a summary of which is included below. All except Windows Live OneCare are freeware and published in a software suite called Windows Essentials (formerly Windows Live Essentials). Essentials programs are designed to integrate well with each other, within Windows, and with other Windows Live services such as OneDrive and Outlook.com.^[14] Windows Live OneCare on the other hand, was a commercial consumers utility marketed with a software as a service licensing model.

Service	Description	Fate
Family Safety	Parental controls similar to Windows Vista's Family Safety feature	Integrated into Windows 8 and later^[15]
Mail	Desktop mail and calendar client designed to succeed Outlook Express on Windows XP and Windows Mail on Windows Vista, with full RSS support	Integrated into Windows 8 and later^[15]
Movie Maker	A video editing program for consumers	Discontinued
Messenger	Instant messaging app	Replaced by Skype
Messenger Companion	An add-in for Internet Explorer that allows users to share a webpage with their friends on Windows Live, see links to webpages the user's friends have shared and comment on these shared pages.	Discontinued
OneCare	A suite of computer security programs with antivirus program, backup utility, and a personal firewall.	Discontinued; functionality is partially offered by Microsoft Security Essentials, Windows Defender, System Center Endpoint Protection, Windows Backup and Windows Firewall.
Toolbar	A toolbar plug-in for Windows Internet Explorer, which allows quick access to a user's Windows Live Spaces, Hotmail, Favorites and Live Search from a button on the toolbar.	Replaced by Bing Desktop and Bing Bar
Photo Gallery	Image organizer that makes posting photos to SkyDrive and Facebook easier	Discontinued; functionality is partially offered by Photos app in Windows 10, and OneDrive app.
Writer	Desktop blog publishing tool that can publish to popular blogging services and make use of SkyDrive for photo storage.	Discontinued; open sourced as Open Live Writer in late 2015.

Discontinued services[edit]

Name	Description	Replaced By	Discontinued Date
Admin Center	Enabled users with domain names to change their domain MX record(s) (mail server records) so that all features of Outlook.com will be available on their own domain names.	Microsoft Office 365	10 April 2014
Agents	Interactive chatterbots through Windows Live Messenger that allowed users to get more information about specific topics.	N/A	30 June 2009
Alerts	Sent information updates to the user's email inbox, mobile device or Messenger.	N/A	30 September 2010
Barcode	2D barcodes that can be used to store information or link to the mobile web.	Microsoft Tag	Never launched
Call	Allowed users to make PC-to-PC and PC-to-Phone voice and video calls.	Skype	1 June 2010
Devices	An online device management service that allowed users to centrally access and manage the synchronisation of files stored on their computers and mobile devices. Also allowed users to remotely access their computers from the internet via their web browser.	Integration into OneDrive	?
Events	Enables managing and planning different types of events and share them with others using Calendar, Spaces and Alerts.	Windows Live Groups (now discontinued) Calendar	3 September 2009
Expo	Allowed users to post online classifieds and search for listings posted by other users.	N/A	31 July 2008
Favorites	Synchronized the user's favorites between computers and allows for the sharing of favorites.	OneDrive	14 April 2009
FrameIt	Extended the functionality of digital photo frame devices, allowing users to customise the content delivery from multiple sources such as RSS feeds.	N/A	15 December 2010
Gallery	A center for collections of developers' add-ons for Windows Live Messenger, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Writer, Toolbar, Spaces, and Live.com, as well as Windows 7 and Windows Vista Sidebar and SideShow gadgets.	Windows Live Plug-ins (Discontinued)	1 October 2011
Groups	Enabled users to create their social groups for sharing, discussion and coordination.	Integration into OneDrive	?
Home	Provided a central location to access Windows Live services, monitor status information, and navigate to other Windows Live sites and services.	N/A	18 February 2013
Help Community	Collection of forums and message boards that allowed communication with other users of Windows Live products.	Microsoft Answers	6 June 2008
Mesh	File sharing and synchronization service based on FolderShare and Live Mesh technologies. Supported PC-to-PC and PC-to-Cloud synchronisation, and synchronisation of program settings such as Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office between multiple computers. Also allowed users to remotely access their computers via the internet.	OneDrive	2012
Office Live Workspace	Offered 5GB of storage space for storing Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook documents and lists online and sharing them with others. Office Live Workspace did not offer collaboration or editing capabilities however.	Office Online	21 January 2011
OneCare Safety Scanner	Free PC scanning and health service to help delete viruses and other threats. Included a registry cleaner, disk cleaner and defragmenter, network open port scanner, and comprehensive virus and spyware scanner.	Microsoft Safety Scanner	15 April 2011
Personalized Experience	An all-in-one home page featuring a customisable RSS aggregator, gadgets and search tools.	My MSN	30 March 2010
Plug-ins^[16]	A central repository for collections of developer plug-ins for Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Movie Maker, and Windows Live Writer.	N/A	?
QnA	A question and answer service which allowed users to ask questions, tag them according to topic, and gain points and reputation for answering other users' questions.	MSN QnA (now discontinued)	21 May 2009
Search Center	A desktop search program which provided a unified local and remote indexed search from a unified interface.	Windows Search 4 (now part of Windows Vista and Windows 7)	12 December 2006
Shopping	An online shopping comparison website which allowed users to compare items and prices of over 40 million products from more than 7000 online stores.	Bing Shopping (now discontinued)	20 February 2007
Spaces	A blog and social networking service which allowed users to create personalized blogs, add friends, and upload photos.	Migration to WordPress or Sina blogs in China	16 March 2011
Sync and Live Mesh	File synchronization which allowed files and folders between two or more computers be in sync with each other or with the cloud storage on the web. Live Mesh also enabled remote desktop access via the internet using a web browser.	OneDrive	31 March 2011
TV	An additional program for Windows Media Center which provided access to Windows Live Spaces, Messenger, and Call on large-screen monitors or TVs.	N/A	24 June 2008
Video Messages	Combined digital video with e-mail into a service that allowed all webcam users to create, send, and receive video messages to anyone in their contact list, even when they are offline.	Skype	21 July 2010
Web Messenger	Online version of Windows Live Messenger which allowed users to talk online and in real-time with others from within a web browser.	Integration into all services	30 October 2008
WiFi Center	Allowed users to search for wireless networks that are available and displays information about them.	N/A	16 February 2007
WiFi Hotspot Locator	A website which allowed users to locate wireless internet hotspots worldwide and view their positions on a map using Bing Maps.	MSN WiFi Hotspots (now discontinued)	16 February 2007

Windows Live Butterfly[edit]

The Windows Live Butterfly awards program (formerly the MSN Butterfly program) was a program whose members were given the benefit of new Microsoft software to test before the beta releases went public and they were in direct contact with the program managers for Windows Live products.

Microsoft had initiated the Windows Live Butterfly program in order to recognize the contributions made by exemplary beta testers. Prospective 'butterflies' were selected by the Windows Live product team and were nominated for a term of one year, after which they could be renominated.^[17]

The Windows Live Butterfly program was closed in June 2009.

User interface[edit]

All Windows Live websites sport a common theme. Different themes have been used on the sites with each phase of product release, called 'Waves.' Each Wave has a set of online services and desktop programs (Windows Essentials). The web services are labelled by each Wave, for example, Hotmail Wave 4. The programs from Windows Essentials are usually called by a year number, for example, Windows Live Messenger 2011.

Blue Vapor/Flair[edit]

The Windows Live Flair header

Most original Windows Live applications and services used a visual theme known as Blue Vapor or Flair. This theme no longer exists on any of the current Windows Live properties.

Wave 2[edit]

Windows Live 2.0 header

With the public beta release of the Windows Live Wave 2 Suite^[18] ('Wave' refers to the group or wave of products to be released), a new visual theme was released to enable the Aero transparency effect in Windows Vista.^[19] This theme no longer exists on any of the current Windows Live properties.

Wave 3[edit]

Windows Live 3.0 header

Microsoft released a set of new themes for their Windows Live Wave 3 services, which allows users to customize their pages on Windows Live using a set of pre-selected background pictures. Several of these themes are dynamic and change according to the time of day and the current weather condition of the user.^[20] This theme remains in use on sites such as Windows Live Admin Center.

Wave 4[edit]

Windows Live Wave 4 header

In addition to the themes provided in Windows Live Wave 3, the release of Windows Live Wave 4 provided additional themes for users to customise their pages on Windows Live, with several dynamic themes that changes according to the time of day and weather conditions at the user's location. Several of these newly added themes are similar to wallpapers originating from Windows 7.^[21] In addition, the Windows Live Wave 4 header features a reorganised dynamic navigation menu that displays the number of the user's current online contacts and the number of unread e-mails,^[22] as well as an in-built Windows Live Web Messenger service allowing users to connect to the Microsoft Messenger service and Facebook chat service to chat with their online contacts while browsing any Windows Live properties using a web browser.^[23] This theme remains in use on sites such as Family Safety.

Wave 5[edit]

Windows Live Wave 5 header

All Windows Live apps for Windows 8 are designed with a Metro-style user interface.^[24] All web services also feature a new Metro-style user interface and stop using 'Windows Live' in their names. The UI's header contains a pull-down element with allow users to easily switch to Outlook.com, People, Calendar, and OneDrive. The header's color also changes depending on the web service the user is using, with the exception of Outlook.com which allow users to customize the header's color according to their preference. The new interface also has an in-built Messaging sidebar that allow users to view presence of, instant message, audio call and video call their contacts on Messenger, Facebook chat, as well as Skype.

In February 2014, Wave 5 services and Office Web Apps were consolidated and rebranded as Office Online.^[25]

Renamed services[edit]

The Windows Live services are renamed as listed:^[15]

Service type	Service name	Previous name	Website	Desktop app	Metro-style app	Windows Phone app
Search	Bing	Search	bing.com	Bing Toolbar, Bing Desktop	Bing^[26]	Bing Mobile
Account	Microsoft account	ID, Passport	account.live.com	N/A	Integrated into Windows 8	Microsoft account
Storage	OneDrive	FolderShare, Mesh, SkyDrive	onedrive.com	OneDrive (Integrated into Windows 8.1)	OneDrive	OneDrive, Office Mobile
Email	Outlook.com	Hotmail	outlook.com	Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Live Mail, Outlook	Mail	Mail
Contacts	People	Contacts	people.live.com	Live Mail, Outlook 2013 and later	People	People Mobile
Web-based chat	Integrated into all services	Web Messenger	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Photos and videos	Integrated into OneDrive	Photos	N/A	Photo Gallery, Movie Maker	Photos	Photos, Camera Roll

References[edit]

^'Windows Live Wave 3 Reviewers Guide'(PDF). News Center. Microsoft. 2008-11-12. Archived from the original(PDF) on June 1, 2010. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
^Thurrott, Paul (2006-01-18). 'Windows Live Preview'. SuperSite for Windows. Penton Media. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
^'The Complete Windows Experience – Windows 7 + Windows Live'. The Windows Blog. Microsoft. 28 October 2008.
^'Windows 8 Developer Preview Guide'(PDF). Download Center. Microsoft. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
^ ^a^b'Microsoft Previews New Windows Live and Office Live Services'. News Center. Microsoft. 1 November 2005.
^'Looking ahead and bringing you even more'. Office Live Workspace Team Blog. Microsoft. 2009-01-23. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
^Stross, Randall (May 27, 2012). 'Goodbye to Windows Live (and Whatever It Meant)'. New York Times.
^'Status history'. Microsoft. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^Woodman, Aaron (13 July 2010). 'Windows Phone 7 – Getting Connected'. Blogging Windows. Microsoft.
^'Windows Live for mobile Wave 3 – take your social life on the go'. LiveSide.net. 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
^Foley, Mary Jo (21 March 2007). 'Microsoft severs Live Search from the rest of the Windows Live family'. ZDNet. CBS Interactive.
^'Keynote with Kevin Johnson at Microsoft'. seroundtable.com.
^Singel, Ryan (2009-05-28). 'Hands On With Microsoft's New Search Engine: Bing, But No Boom'. Wired. Condé Nast.
^Foley, Mary Jo (25 August 2006). 'Microsoft Seeks Testers for 'Windows Live Essentials''. eWeek. Quinstreet.
^ ^a^b^c'Cloud services for Windows 8 and Windows Phone: Windows Live, reimagined'. Building Windows 8. Microsoft. 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
^plugins.live.com/developer/information
^Excerpt of Windows Live Butterfly acceptance e-mail from Windows Live Beta TeamArchived January 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^'Windows Live 2.0 Release Notes'. Microsoft. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
^'The Death of Flair — Windows Live's New Look'. LiveSide.net. 2007-06-15. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
^'Windows Live Wave 3: New Header UI'. LiveSide.net. 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
^'Recapping the rumors: what we 'know' about Wave 4'. LiveSide.net. 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
^'More information about Windows Live Wave 4's dynamic header'. LiveSide.net. 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
^'A new wave, a new look: First look at the Windows Live Wave 4 header'. LiveSide.net. 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
^Jones, Chris. 'A preview of Windows Live for Windows 8'. Inside Windows Live. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
^'Meet Office Online, Microsoft's slightly tweaked Office Web Apps replacement'. PC World. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
^'Bing (search engine)'. Windows Store. Microsoft. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

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